Everybody's... with John Mulaney

I skimmed the LA version and the first episode of the new one.

Trite to call it chaotic, but Mulaney is this amazing gravity centering it all. Centering on what? Being funny, because this is comedy, so that's all you need. Bo Burnham's standup is extremely ADD but I wouldn't call it chaotic because it's all funny, and that's all you need. Everybody's... is not all funny, thus it permits the chaotic characterization, yet Mulaney is consistently funny and humane himself, thus single-handedly handling the chaos. It's actually stunning how he manages this, he on paper not being an experienced wrangler of live chaos.

So it's an interesting show in terms of comedic style. It's really unpredictable, even to its host. Lots of it completely flops. If discomfort makes you uncomfortable, you might start looking at Mulaney as a messiah, constantly flipping other people's flops, tirelessly -- he looks tired though -- rescuing us from unfunny awkwardness, even though he created the thing himself! It's giving Stockholm syndrome, or God saving us from the evil that God created. Mulaney creates chaos only to become the "spirit moving over" it. What an ambitious and egomaniacal objective. I wish I was the one giving form to void, to the ecstasy of millions.

Update: is there another show in which the audience constantly cheers for things other than what the guests are saying, to the constant confusion of the guests? What a singular TV moment, which is happening multiple times per episode.